I work in the historic preservation field and am probably going to put out a call for submissions in my community for photographs, writing or other art so that we have a record of how it's affecting us. I'm just pondering how I want to make it digitally available and how to reach out to a full cross section of our population.
I am sorry your mother suffered through dementia, and of course glad that hospice was there for her. Hospice was wonderful for my father, and like so many others, our family's only regret was that we waited so long to bring them in. Because of the pandemic, hospice workers can only visit the facility where she lives once every two weeks unless someone is in the last few days of life, but the staff where she lives is kind and dedicated. But they miss things: in February she fell and broke her hip, and days went by before they realized she needed to see a doctor. It's tough because I don't think she can verbally alert them to pain and her facial expressions are diminishing, too. Some days she looks as if she is sad and struggling to communicate with me telepathically, but other days she does look relaxed. She adores her robotic cat, and when she looks at it, you can tell that she feels love and connection.
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